Magus Career Summary

[roman11777]

do you have to stay on the disc?

[Flanlord]

@roman11777 Yes you do, but it gets bigger and more impressive as you go along.

[Muadddibb]

what version is this

[Flanlord]

This was very late closed beta, just before it went to open.

[ultrablue87]

Whats the purpose of a magus/engineer? Are they the "Dot" class of this game? Don't seem to pull out big numbers. as in BIG hits but looks like in some videos they are just a major DOT class which if thats the case i think i will give them a try. I personally like the engineer more then teh magus so far. but reply to this and give me your thoughts.

[Flanlord]

Kind of, they both have a fair number of dots, but another source of lots of small numbers are their pets, which their damage is shared with. They both play and work about the same, but I prefer the engineer more personally. Both do exceptionally well in AoE situations, as most of their abilities affect everything around their intended target.

[Zulandar]

I would recomend that you go engineer. As it is right now the eng is far superior to the magus.

[Flanlord]

I wouldn't doubt it, they were a little better when I stopped playing, but wasn't sure on balance changes since.

[b3shy0u]

damn i love youre vids...

[Flanlord]

Glad to hear it :-) I stopped playing Warhammer online for the time being, so I'm in a bit of a low in production right now.

[Aelon]

Should I be bale to run on a i7 920 with 6gb of ram and dual 512mb 9800s

[Flanlord]

Unless you are missing a hard-drive, power source, motherboard, or fans, yes.

[smurffimorfi]

what system spec do u have while u played? i got GeForce 7600GT graphic card, so am i able to play this game at lowest settings?

[Flanlord]

I've seen some REALLY low end systems running the game on minimum settings, It'll run, it's just a matter of how large of a battle you can be in before you start to see huge framerate drops. On that card you might have difficulty with larger battles, heavily defended/assaulted keep takes, and Fortresses/Cities might be slideshows...

[smurffimorfi]

well, we will see it then... we cant tell yet if we havent tested with 7600GT, and my motherboard sucks so much that i cant get PCI-e graphic cards

[Flanlord]

Interesting... how is your system otherwise? RAM/Processor wise?

[smurffimorfi]

well 1GB ram and processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz, You Have: 3.04 GHz Performance Rated at 4.56 GHz

[Flanlord]

Not gunna lie, that system would have some serious troubles running the game... It's a bit sub-par across the board, Processor should be fine, but... WAR is a bit more demanding than WoW and previous MMO's... I doubt if it'd be capible of much more than solo grind/questing without significant framerate loss... I'd try it if you can using a friends copy/account before investing much on it, or try to upgrade your computer.

[smurffimorfi]

i dont know much about computer stuffs so i dunno what to buy etc... its cheapier to build computer than buying from a store but i would need some help to build one

[Flanlord]

It sounds like your motherboard is pretty old, and should be replaced if you're building one... making it a rather involved process. If you have a tech-guy and/or nerdy friend they shouldn't have much trouble helping you figure out what is in your price range/what to get parts wise. Assembly isn't difficult, but you want someone there who has done it before, or have someone doing it who has built a computer before. Some online stores do pre-assembly if you buy all the parts from them though.

[Komadin]

I have a Geforce 6800 and I can run the game on everything high as can be. And no lag.

[Flanlord]

Yeah. The chokepoint for most machines is RAM.

[AlexJester88]

I'm having alot of fun with my magus! I'm lvl 15 now and so far he's been doing great. Especially is pvp, I always seem to finish in the top 3 most kills even when I think I've done bad. They got some serious dps

[Flanlord]

A lot of it is situational, but yeah... the Magus has seen buff after buff patch after patch now.

[anger124546]

i do soon get warhammer what class is funny 'n' not boring

[Flanlord]

I have yet to find a boring class. Havn't played all of the healers very far yet... not sure if any of them are really 'boring' persay

[Blobin616]

zealot nd rune priest (i think) have HoT (heal over time) mainly spells, disciple of khaine, i dont kno about, goblin shaman are HoA, you attack and then you heal, thats how they roll (so to say), archmage are hielven healers i dont kno much bout them, empire one to my knowledge is like the goblin shaman, HoA

but this all beta and me assuming

[Flanlord]

Uhh.... Zealot and Rune Priest are largely HoT, but have many direct, and AoE heals at higher levels, which not many late-beta-testers knew about until release. The Shaman and Archmages heal and damage spells boost the other, but are not necissary for healing. DoKs and Warrior priests are capible of standing back, but are more effective doing damage and healing, they are the true Hybrid classes of the game.

[Blobin616]

it depends on what you wanna play, healer, ranged dps, meele dps or tank

[HighEvolutionary175]

Someone pls help put me out of my huuge dillema! Sorcerer or Magus? What should I make? I'm willing to cope with Magus's lower DPS if he has greater survivability than Sorcerer. But does he? ANd is it worth it? Pls if any1 can answer I'd be really grateful.

[lewymc1]

got my magus to level 20 and regret wasting time on it..they are glitched to hell and there not very strong..the summons are pathetic and considering there supposed to be long range the range of most spells is only 65ft which can be cleared in a second or 2 running so yeah i wudnt bother with one

[Flanlord]

They can be used in DEADLY combos later on once you get a few skills. A magus and a sorceress in our guild have been using the magus to suck everyone into melee, the sorc roots them all, then they AoE them all down rather quickly... but yeah... the Magus, for solo play, I would definatly not advise.

[Auschwitch]

I have to say I'm a bit disppointed by the magus too. Magus tends to get his ass handed to him at least in the early stages, but that -might- improve with more spells in your arsenal. Once you get all of your dots in on a single target you manage to do OK dps, but it's nothing special.

Magus is quite versatile though, managing to dish out a fair amount of short-range AoE dps when grinding, but in RvR it's a suicide since everyone mobs you.

All in all, Magus is hard to play correctly.

[skateforpeace123]

i hate to say it but i was REALLY disappointed by the magus. i think they built the cool factor on them too much but didnt really make them special. they are supposed to be long range dps, but your only good attk does OK damage and has a high cast time. and you dont get any buffs till like 20 and your pets suck!! the sorcerers are soooo much better and so are the order's wizards. all in all the magus is my least favorite mage class in the game. sorry but i tried till lvl 11 and gave up:[[[

[Flanlord]

Yeah. Hopefully the magus sees some love before long here... I had a name grab of Tony... was gunna have one nammed Tony Hawk... because I think they look silly on their discs... but... Rerolled it as Tony the Chosen... gunna go with Tony Stark... I don't know why anybody would care about this... your name had skate in it...

[stimpy324]

So would any of you reccomend playing a Magus over Marauder? (fun wise)

[Flanlord]

I still havn't actually played either of them very far in a while, and tons has changed for both classes. Currently I am on a witch elf, but the magus looks amazing, and is probably my second pick. The marauder is fun, but you might find yourself awkwardly trying to find your place in combat before the doors are down on keep seiges.

[skateforpeace123]

definitly marauder. they are awesome in rvr. you will get very frustrated w/ magus's in rvr because they just dont keep up with everyone else in my opinion. a lvl 2 marauder can kill a lvl 8 magus EASILY. i know from experience.

[Flanlord]

Those are pretty low levels to base it off of, particularly given that the marauder, being in a senario, or RvR area would have been bolstered to battle-rank 8, leveling the playing field a bit. How you managed to fight the same faction prior to the duel function is beyond me, but well done anyways.

[turkeyroast2223]

i play a rank 13 magus, love him atm, you get your disk upgrades to spikes at rank 11, and im really looking forward to his minions/ pets to get revamped such as following you around as a squig but i dont tihnk tahts happening. Frankly the pets are horrible and i never use them and still rape face.

Endowed

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[Flanlord]

Yeah the Magus has been buffed a lot since this video/review was made. I'm spending time now playing, rather than making videos for now... but the Magus looks amazing.

[Drill48]

I hear this class could use some love in its current state, I trust mythic though. They have a strong dev team.

Nice vid.

[Flanlord]

yeah. its gotten many buffs already since this was made.

[Twerg1]

Yes.

[wowperson115]

one question do the discs that the magus stand on change over the course of lvling?

[Flanlord]

as Twerg said, yes... not sure if that was a reply, so unless you checked back manually you might have missed it.

[Lmaogurka]

Does the magus sit on the crapper with his disc still under his feet? :P

[Flanlord]

It would seem so. As the magus seems to awkwardly balance on his disc at all times.

[calypso188]

are siege battles as good ad they say or is iit all hype

[Flanlord]

The ones Ive been in are pretty fun, but they really take a siege... it takes a good number on both sides.

[Belowfreeze]

LMAO ithink that was me the White Lion in the Begining LMAO

[Flanlord]

Was your character name Celda? or Gelda? and were you on Mad Dog Pass?

[Belowfreeze]

my bad dude wrong server but how ever right name lol Celda

[Flanlord]

Interesting. Referance to something that applies to a white lion, or freak coincidence?

[bigwhiteseth]

lol, never did like ranged classes

[Flanlord]

I wrote the text portion 5 times, this was the most flattering version. One of the reasons I'm nervous about it going gold already. everyone hates to hear it, but this should have been pushed back a couple more weeks. I hope gamers will give it a chance, because its lots of fun, just not as polished as much as I'd like to see. But yeah, still tons of fun.

[wowftlll]

for release there's going to be abetter graphics and everthing right?

[Flanlord]

It looks amazing. I think the engine will be more or less the same, some things have been getting reworked, but it will look more or less the same. There are just crashes and small bugs here and there. Thats all I meant by unpolished.